Manifolding device



April 30, 1935. c. w. BRENN MANIFOLDING DEVICE Filed Dec. 19, 1933 4SheetsSheet- 1 I IINVI'ENTOILI (3mm A ORNEY April 30, 1935. c. w. BRENNMANIFOLDING DEVICE Filed Dec. 19, 1933 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. W- IAT NEY April 30, 1935. c w NN 1,999,535

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' AT NEY Patented Apr. 30, 1935 UNITED STATES MANIFOLDING DEVICE CarlBrenn, Montclair, N. J., assignor to Autographic Register Company,Hoboken, N. J a corporation of New Jersey Application December 19, 1933,Serial No. 703,069 6 Claims. (01. 232-127 This invention relates tomanifolding.

An object of this invention is to provide a manifolding assembly ofcontinuous paper strips, transfer strips, and a casing enclosing andsupporting said strips for -use .wherein the supply of strips may bepackaged or packed in the casing at the factory of the maker and shippedto the user as a unit ready for use. I

In the form of the invention at present preferred, during themanufacture of the device, the ends of the writing strips and transferstrips are placed in operative or writing positions on the platen withthe leading edges of the strips in position to be grasped andmanipulated.

With the assembly" so arranged, the prospective user is saved the timeand annoyance in load-' ing the device for use.

Further, in the embodiment of this invention at present preferred, theholder or casing is made so simply and cheaply that it may be used butonce, i. e. solelyfor the supply of material originally packed thereinwith economy considering the delay and. time required for loading andthe initial investment and maintenance of the relatively expensivemachines in general use. With such a unitary and individual arrangementof supply, container and casing, the user may place a number of theseunits at various places about his establishment most convenient for use,whereas,

at present, because of the cost of the register now in general use,usually but a single machine is employed at some central point to whichthe clerk must go to record transactions.

It has been proposed heretofore to have 'small portable containers orregisters for manifolding' purposes to replace salesbooks and the like.These, however, never came into general use, if at all, presumablybecause of the very limited quantity of supply which they could hold andbecause loading of such registers required too much time and effort,particularly because such frequent replenishment wasrequired.

Such prior proposals should not be confused with the assembly of thepresent invention, wherein the casing or holder is of substantially thesame size as most registers now in common use. Notwithstanding this, thecasing of this invention, when made according to the principles hereinafter referred to, will hold a larger quantity of supplies than existingregisters of substantially the same length and height.

The casing or holder, as at present preferred, is formed of twotelescoping portions preferably made of card-board or chip-board. Thedouble thickness of wall formed by the telescoping sides makes thecasing substantially rigid. However,

it has been found that when these telescoping walls are fixedly andpermanently united as by cementing or gluing them together, thelaminatedstructure so provided strengthens and stifiens the 5 entire device.

It has also been found in practice that the supply of continuous writingstrips when zigzag folded in a pile so as to substantially fill thesupply compartment from end to end and from side to 10 side, thepresence of the pile of strips in the casing so stiffens the same thatthinner or lighter weight card or chip board may be used than wouldotherwise be required in order to insure satisfactory and safeshipmentof the assembly from the 15 maker to the user.

Where, as in the illustrated embodiment of the invention, the casing hasa falseside to provide space for the carbon supply, it is advantageousto have the space between the false side and the real side filled,except for the relatively small space occupied by the carbon supply, soas to stiffen and strengthen the casing longitudinally and so that thefilling will serve with the pile of continuous writing strips to fillout the casing from-side to side Another important structural feature ofthis invention is the provision of a metal writing plate which, 'inaddition to having paper-aligning means, has a bar constituting one.margin of the writing opening. Preferably, the writing plate pivotallycarries another bar which serves the dual purpose of clamping the endsof the carbon strips and forming one side margin of the writing openingso as to give free and convenient ac- 35 cess to the writing and carbonstrips on the I platen permitting the carbon strips to be advanced fromtime to time as the portion thereof on the platenbecomes used up.

Other features and advantages will hereinafter appear. v

In the accompanying drawings which show the form of this invention atpresent preferred- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the assembly asmanufactured and shipped to the customer for use. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the top and outer sides of the casing by itself.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the irmer part of the container with thetop removed.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view like Fig. 3, butshowing the side border andknife of the writing opening raised for the manipulation of the carbonstrips.

employed in the-device of the present invention, but showing the sideborder and knife of the device raised-the outline of the lower part ofthe container being indicated in dot-and-dash lines.

Fig.6 is a perspective view of the lower and inner part of the containerwith the metal parts removed, the top plate which may be used under themetal parts being illustrated in full lines in its normal position andin dot-and-dash lines in the position to which it is moved when placingthe paper supply in the container.

Fig. 7 is a top view of the lower part of the box, showing the carbonpaper roll in its supp compartment.

Fig. 8 is a longitudinal section taken on the line 88, Fig. 10.

Fig. 9 is a longitudinal section taken on approximately the line 9-9,Fig. 10.

Fig. 10 is a transverse section taken on the line ill-40, Fig. 8.

Fig. 11 is a modification of the means for holding down the leading endsof worksheet strips onto the platen.

The device of the present invention comprises a container having a lowerand inner portion l0 shown in Fig. 6. This is made up from a suitableblank of chip board or cardboard so as to have a bottom ll, ends 12, andsides i3. The ends and sides may be integral with the bottom and, beingfolded up from adjacent edges or the corners of the container, may besecured together by tape or binding strips, or by box corner fastenerssuch as may now be procured in the market. of course, if desired, thebottom, ends and sides may be made of separate pieces bound or fastenedtogether in any suitable way.

According to the present invention in its preferred form, the dimensionsof the. box depend upon the size of the forms or tickets which are to bepacked therein. The' interior long dimension of the box is substantiallyequal to-the length of a ticketor to a-multiplethereof. The width of thebox, however, is slightly greater than the width of a ticket so thatthere may be provided space along one side of the box for the receptionof the carbon supply roll.

According to the present invention, this carbon supply compartment isfor'medby placing in placed on edge and are notched out to provide acarbon supply compartment i6. 1

- As shown in Fig. 10, the false side l4 may be made up of three layersa, for a reason explained below, but a single layer of material may beemployed for this purpose, if desired.

The upper and outer part I! or the container as illustrated herein,comprises a top l8 and sides i9 and ends 23. This may be formed of one'or more blanks suitably fastened together as by binding strips or boxcomer fasteners. The up-, per part I! is shaped to snugly fltthe lower.part

In to telescopically slide over the latter, as illustrated in Fig. 8.The. top 18 is'provided with a cut-out or opening 2| and one side I9 issimilarly cut out at 22 coincident with top opening 2| Supported on thelower'part l0 beneath ,the top opening 2l-is a writing bed or platen 23preferably formed of metal or relatively hard mate rial.

As illustrated in rm. 5 and 10. the writing bed comprises a top plate 24having a rolled strip re'ceiving end 25, a front end flange 2B, and aside flange 21. These flanges are bent at right angles and extendoutside and embrace the front and side edges 28 and 29 of the lower partIn of the container, the rolled end 25 extending into the container andbeing substantially spaced from the back end I2 thereof.

The other side edge of the platen 24 has a depending flange 30, adaptedto extend over at least one of the plies of the false wall N. If, asshown, the false wall is made up of a number or layers or plies, theflange 30 is made to extend between them and an intermediate ply isnotched out to accommodate the flange and avoid increasing the bulk ofthe wall by the thickness of the flange.

The flange 30 in length specifically conforms to the length of thecarbon chamber I 6 so that, besides serving to tie together the one'sidewall of the part In and the false wall I l, the rounded bend between theflange 30 and the platen provides asmooth surface over which the carbonstrips pass onto the platen.

If desired, there may be provided between the platen 24 and the top ofthe part It a sheet 3i of chip-board or the like. This may be integralwith the side i3 and have on its ends tabs or projections 32 and 33lying upon or secured to the false wall H and fillers I! as shown inFig.6. Such an arrangement permits the making of the platen 24 of lightermaterial than would otherwise be possible.

The writing platen and upper portion I! of the box are so formed thatwhen the latter is placed upon the former a strip 34 on the top i3constitutes a side margin of the writing opening and cover for thecarbon supply compartment.

The other side margin of the writing opening, according to the presentinvention, is formed of a combined carbon clamp and knife 35. This ispivoted at 36 to the rear end of theslde flange 21 of the platen andextends forwardly to a position where it rests in a clip 31, see Figs. 1and 5,

.preferably formed integrally with the platen frame 24. The clamp andknife 35 base. flange 38 extending over the left-hand margins of thewriting strips and is slightly spaced from the platen so that thesideedges of theworksheet strips may pass under the flange and be heldthereby from movement away. from the .platen.

The side cut-out 22 in the top I1 is so arranged as to permit freeaccess to the carbon clamp and knife 35' when the two parts'of the boxare in assembled condition so that the knife and clamp may be swung upto expose the ends of the carbon paper strips and permit theirmanipulation.

- The front'end of the platen, as shown in Figs. 1, 3, 4 and 5. isprovided with atransverse member 39 to hold the leading ends 40 of theworksheet strips down toward the platen. This member 39 may be formedintegrally with the platen 2l, or, as shown in Fig. 11, it may beconstituted by a tube 4! containing a spring ll, opposite ends of whichare anchored in ears 2 carried in Fig. 6, and tabs 32 and 33 are securedin place. tion, which should not be confused with the or A roll ofcarbon paper 44 is' placed in the cardinary portable manifolding deviceswhich only bon supply compartment 45 as shown in Fig. '7. hold a smallsupply of forms, the entire device The length of the carbon roll-44 isjust a little, may be lifted very easily and carried from place greaterthan the length of the writing zone on t place. the forms and, sincethis varies, it may be found desirable to insert a filler 46, as shownin Fig. 7, platen may be accomplished in any suitable or to avoidlongitudinal shifting of the roll 44. desirable way. In the form of thepresent inven- Either before or after insertion of the carbon tion shownherein, this is accomplished by proroll, the platen 24 is placed on theportion Ill so viding each form with a pair 'of form-registering thatthe flanges 26 and 21 engage the adjacent apertures 41 and providing theplaten at its dewalls of the portion l and the rolled end 25 exliveryend with stopping and aligning pins 48.

tends down between the left-hand wall l3 and When these are employedthey are. placed in ad.

the false wall l4. The flange 3B is then placed Vance of the transversebar 39 or transverse between the plies of the false wall. Then the tube49 so that the leading ends 40 of the forms ends of the worksheet stripsare laid on the platen may be lifted to remove the apertures 41 from thealternately with strips of carbon paper from pins 48, then the strips 50are advanced with a the roll 44. The ends of the carbon paper beingslight downward pull so that the next set of apercarried beyond theleft-hand side of the platen tures will fall upon the pins and furtheradvance and the ends of the worksheet strips being placed of the paperwill be retarded. under the guide 39 or a tube 49 as the case may Theleading edge of the platen 24 has a notch be, the carbon paper is pulledtaut and the clamp t conforming to the notches or thumb-cuts 52 andknife is moved from the position shown in ,and 53 fitting into parts andI1, so that the Fig. 5 to the position shown in Fig. 3 where the leadingedges of the worksheet strips may be carbon paper is securely clamped.The surplus conveniently ,grasped to be l'fted and advanced. ends of thecarbon paper are then torn off. It should be understood that the box maybe The upper or cover member I! is then slid 'made of .pressboard, chipboard, or of other maover the portion l0 and the two are-permanentlyterial, and the term cardboard in the appended secured in place by asuitable adhesive--21. water claims should be understood to include theabove glass for instancethe intention being that the as well as otherequivalents thereof.

. The registration of the forms on the writing parts It) and I! shall beheld together against separation without destruction.

The printing on the respective worksheet strips 5!! is then brought intoregistration and one or Variations and modifications may be made withinthe scope of this invention and portions of the improvements may be usedwithout others.

Having thus described the invention, what is more of the combine d'register and supply conclaimed as new and for which it is desired toobtainers are packed in a suitable shipping case for tain LettersPatent, is:- distribution to the user. The operations described 1. As anarticle of manufacture, a manifolding are intended to be performed atthe factory. In assemblage comprising a hollow box of cardboard use, theoperator writes upon the uppermost of having a writing opening in itstop; a writing the set of forms, grasps the ends of the strips platecarried by the box under said writing openand advances them oneform-length, severing ing; and a pile of zigzag folded continuouswritthe same by holding the strips lying on the platen ing stripscarried in the box and substantially and snapping the advanced formstherefrom filling the hollow space within the box, the box alongtransverse lines of perforations 43. being secured against being openedwithout sub-. These operations are continued from time to stantialdestruction thereof and the leading ends time as required. When theportion of the carof the writing strips being positioned on the writbonpaper lying on the platen becomes consumed ing plate ready for. use andaccessible to be so that the carbon copies are noticeably weaker,grasped and advanced to bring fresh portions of the operator raisescombined knife and clamp the strips into writing position. 35 andadvances the carbon strips transversely. 2. As an article ofmanufacture, a manifolding over the platen until a fresh portion thereonis assemblage comprising a hollow box of card.-

in writing position. The clamp is then returned board having a writingopening in its top; a writas shown in Fig. 1 and operations continued ining plate carried by the boxunder said writing this way, until theentire contents of the conopening; a pile of zigzag folded continuouswrittainer has been consumed. The container is then ing strips carriedin the box and substantially destroyed or discarded and a new containerwith filling the hollow space within the box, the box a preloaded supplyof writing material is made being secured against being opened withoutsubavailable for use. I stantial destruction thereof and the leadingends It will be observed from what has been said that of the writingstrips being positioned on the writ-- with the device of the presentinvention it is not ing plate ready for use and accessible to benecessary for the operator to reload the register grasped and advancedto bring fresh/portions of from time to time with either worksheetstrips the strips into writing position; a compartment or carbon supply44, the latter being of a sufwithin the box; and a carbon strip supplylocated ficient quantity to last for the quantity of writing in saidcompartment and having its strip or strips strips originally placed inthe container. interleaved with the writing strips and its free Theuser, therefore, saves a great deal of time ends ,accessible to bemanually grasped and adand inconvenience. Besides, with the provisionvanced. of this one-time register of the present invention 3. As anarticle of manufacture, a manifoldwith its exceptionally large capacity,a user may ing assemblage comprising a hollow box of cardsimultaneouslyemploy several devices. For inboard having a writing openingiin its top;a writstance, in a retail store; the registers of the presing platecarried by the box under said writing ent invention may be distributedat convenient opening; a pile of zigzag folded continuous writpointsabout the store where they are immediately ing strips carried in the boxand substantially available for use without a great deal of walking.filling the hollow space within the box, the box Moreover, with thedevice of the present invenbeingsecured against being opened withoutsubstantial destruction thereof and the leading ends of the writingstrips being positioned on the '-ing assemblage comprising a hollow boxof cardboard having a writing opening in its top; a writing platecarried by the box under said writing opening; and a pile of zigzagfolded continuous writing strips carried in the box and substantiallyfilling the hollow space within the box, the box being secured againstbeing opened without substantial destruction thereof and the leadingends of-the writing strips being positioned on the writing plate readyfor use and accessible to be grasped and advanced to bring freshportions of the strips into writing position, said box having upper andlower telescoping parts, the writing plate being confined between thetwo parts. c

5. As an article of manufacture, a manifolding assemblage comprising ahollow box of cardboard having a writing opening in its top; a writingplate carried by the box under said writing-opening; and a pile ofzigzag folded continuous'writing strips carried in the box. andsubstantially filling the hollow space within the box, v

the box being secured against being opened without substantialdestruction thereof and the leading ends of the writing strips beingpositioned on the writing plate ready for use and accessible to begrasped and advanced to bring fresh portions of the strips into writingposition, said box having upper and lower telescoping parts, the writingplate being confined between the twoparts and a margin of the upper partadjacent the writing opening extending over the lateral edges of thewriting strips.

6. As an article of manufacture, a manifolding assemblage comprising ahollow box of card board having a writing opening in its top; a writingplate carried by the box under said writing opening; a pile of zigzagfolded continuous writing strips carried in the box and substan- Ftiallyfilling the hollow space within the box,

the box being secured against being opened without substantialdestruction thereof and the leading ends of the writing strips beingpositioned on the writing plate ready for use and accessible to begrasped and advanced to bring fresh portions of the strips into writingposition; a compartment within the box; a carbon strip supply located insaid compartment and having its strip.

